D 13-14; A 13-14; P 14-15; GR (7-8)+(17-20); AO (5-7)+(2-3).
Attains 139 mm. High-oceanic, mesopelagic; about 700
m (day); below 60 m (night). Off east coast and Cape Peninsula; convergence species in all 3 oceans (30 0 -47°S).
86.70 Lampadena pontifex
Krefft, 1970
Lampadena ponti/ex Krefft, 1970: 277, Figs. 1-3 (W31'N, 17°39'W);
Karrer, 1975: 69; Hulley, 1981: 178*.
D 14; A 14-15; P 13-15; GR 7+(15-16); AO (6-7)+(3-4). Supracaudal
gland subequal to length of infracaudal gland; distance from A base to infracaudal gland less than Yz length of gland.
Attains 110 mm. Pseudoceanic, pelagic; 275 - 750 m
(day); 90 - 275 m (night). Recorded from west coast continental shelf at about 25°S, the Mauritanian Upwelling
Region and near St. Helena.
86.70 Lampadena pontifex: 7.5 em SL female (after Nafpaktitis et aI., 1977).
86.71 Lampadena specu/igera
Goode & Bean, 1896
Lampadena specu/igera Goode & Bean, 1896: 85, PI. 26, Fig. 99
(39°48'N, 70 0 36'W); Nafpaktitis & Nafpaktitis, 1969: 34*; Kreffl. 1970:
285; 1978: 444; Wisner, 1976: 153*; Hulley, 1981: 179*; 1984: 61.
D 13-15; A 13-15; P 13-16; GR (6-7)+(12-16); AO (5-9)+(2-5).
Attains 153 mm. High-oceanic, mesopelagic; 475 - 950 m
(day); 60 - 750 m (night). Off west and southeast coasts. Atlantic (66°-35°N and 35°-48°S), Indian (30 0 -45°S) and Pacific
(30
0
-45°S) oceans.
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86.71 Lampadena speculigera: 4 em SL.
86: MYCfOPHIDAE (LANTERN FISHES)
Genus Lampanyctodes Fraser-Brunner, 1949
Maxilla slightly expanded posteriorly, extending well
beyond orbit; A base longer than Dbase. Dn absent; Vn
present; 5 PO; 5 VO; SAO series straight; AO series
divided into AOa and AOp; 1 Pol; Prc in a single group.
Supracaudal and infracaudal luminous scales present in
both sexes; luminous tissue on nape, below PVO and at
bases of D and A. Monotypic.
86.72 Lampanyctodes hectoris
(Gunther, 1876)
PLATE 10
Onderbaadjie
Onderbaadjie
Scope/us hectoris Gunther, 1876: 399 (Cook Strait, New Zealand).
Scope/us argenteus Gilchrist, 1904: 15, PI. 36 (off Cape Peninsula).
Lampanyctus argenteus: Parr, 1928: 23. Lampanyctus hectoris: Norman,
1930: 328; Smith, SFSA No. 208. Lampanyctodes hectoris: Grindley &
Penrith, 1965: 283; McGinnis, 1974: 185*; Centurier-Harris, 1974: 45*;
Wisner, 1976: 158*; O'Toole, 1976: 28*; Ahlstrom et a!., 1976: 138*;
Crawford, 1980: 111*; Hulley, 1981: 274.
D 13-15; A 15-17; P 12-13; GR (9-11)+(19-22); AO (7-9)+(4-6); Prc
4-5.
Attains 61 mm. Pseudoceanic, pelagic; nyctoepipelagic
at surface. A commercially important species used in the
production of fish meal. Commonest myctophid in Benguela Upwelling Region; also off southern Australia, New
Zealand and Chile.
86.72 Lampanyctodes hectoris: 6 em SL.
Genus Lampanyctus Bonaparte, 1840
Maxilla slightly expanded posteriorly, extending well behind orbit; A base longer than Dbase. Dn absent; Vn small;
5 PO; 4 (rarely 5) VO; SAO usually angulate; AO series
divided into AOa and AOp; 2 Pol, oblique; 4 Prc. Both
sexes with supra caudal and infracaudal luminous glands,
consisting of numerous, overlapping, scale-like structures;
luminous scale(s) at adipose origin present or absent; CP
and "secondary" photophores in some species. More than
35 species; 14 (possibly 17) in our area.
KEY TO SPECIES
1a V02 elevated and anteriorly displaced to lie
in front of, above or slightly behind VOl .................... L. turneri
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Attains 139 mm. High-oceanic, mesopelagic; about 700
m (day); below 60 m (night). Off east coast and Cape Peninsula; convergence species in all 3 oceans (30 0 -47°S).
86.70 Lampadena pontifex
Krefft, 1970
Lampadena ponti/ex Krefft, 1970: 277, Figs. 1-3 (W31'N, 17°39'W);
Karrer, 1975: 69; Hulley, 1981: 178*.
D 14; A 14-15; P 13-15; GR 7+(15-16); AO (6-7)+(3-4). Supracaudal
gland subequal to length of infracaudal gland; distance from A base to infracaudal gland less than Yz length of gland.
Attains 110 mm. Pseudoceanic, pelagic; 275 - 750 m
(day); 90 - 275 m (night). Recorded from west coast continental shelf at about 25°S, the Mauritanian Upwelling
Region and near St. Helena.
86.70 Lampadena pontifex: 7.5 em SL female (after Nafpaktitis et aI., 1977).
86.71 Lampadena specu/igera
Goode & Bean, 1896
Lampadena specu/igera Goode & Bean, 1896: 85, PI. 26, Fig. 99
(39°48'N, 70 0 36'W); Nafpaktitis & Nafpaktitis, 1969: 34*; Kreffl. 1970:
285; 1978: 444; Wisner, 1976: 153*; Hulley, 1981: 179*; 1984: 61.
D 13-15; A 13-15; P 13-16; GR (6-7)+(12-16); AO (5-9)+(2-5).
Attains 153 mm. High-oceanic, mesopelagic; 475 - 950 m
(day); 60 - 750 m (night). Off west and southeast coasts. Atlantic (66°-35°N and 35°-48°S), Indian (30 0 -45°S) and Pacific
(30
0
-45°S) oceans.
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86.71 Lampadena speculigera: 4 em SL.
86: MYCfOPHIDAE (LANTERN FISHES)
Genus Lampanyctodes Fraser-Brunner, 1949
Maxilla slightly expanded posteriorly, extending well
beyond orbit; A base longer than Dbase. Dn absent; Vn
present; 5 PO; 5 VO; SAO series straight; AO series
divided into AOa and AOp; 1 Pol; Prc in a single group.
Supracaudal and infracaudal luminous scales present in
both sexes; luminous tissue on nape, below PVO and at
bases of D and A. Monotypic.
86.72 Lampanyctodes hectoris
(Gunther, 1876)
PLATE 10
Onderbaadjie
Onderbaadjie
Scope/us hectoris Gunther, 1876: 399 (Cook Strait, New Zealand).
Scope/us argenteus Gilchrist, 1904: 15, PI. 36 (off Cape Peninsula).
Lampanyctus argenteus: Parr, 1928: 23. Lampanyctus hectoris: Norman,
1930: 328; Smith, SFSA No. 208. Lampanyctodes hectoris: Grindley &
Penrith, 1965: 283; McGinnis, 1974: 185*; Centurier-Harris, 1974: 45*;
Wisner, 1976: 158*; O'Toole, 1976: 28*; Ahlstrom et a!., 1976: 138*;
Crawford, 1980: 111*; Hulley, 1981: 274.
D 13-15; A 15-17; P 12-13; GR (9-11)+(19-22); AO (7-9)+(4-6); Prc
4-5.
Attains 61 mm. Pseudoceanic, pelagic; nyctoepipelagic
at surface. A commercially important species used in the
production of fish meal. Commonest myctophid in Benguela Upwelling Region; also off southern Australia, New
Zealand and Chile.
86.72 Lampanyctodes hectoris: 6 em SL.
Genus Lampanyctus Bonaparte, 1840
Maxilla slightly expanded posteriorly, extending well behind orbit; A base longer than Dbase. Dn absent; Vn small;
5 PO; 4 (rarely 5) VO; SAO usually angulate; AO series
divided into AOa and AOp; 2 Pol, oblique; 4 Prc. Both
sexes with supra caudal and infracaudal luminous glands,
consisting of numerous, overlapping, scale-like structures;
luminous scale(s) at adipose origin present or absent; CP
and "secondary" photophores in some species. More than
35 species; 14 (possibly 17) in our area.
KEY TO SPECIES
1a V02 elevated and anteriorly displaced to lie
in front of, above or slightly behind VOl .................... L. turneri
305